Staff Autonomy Engineer — Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Vision

Job overview

The Staff Autonomy Engineer — Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Vision role is onsite in Pittsburgh, PA. Compensation is not specified. Gather AI’s Autonomy team builds software for its MHE Vision and drone products, which capture warehouse data and digitize workflows. The engineer owns core autonomy software for MHE Vision, including perception, localization, and inventory-scanning pipelines on vehicle-mounted hardware. The role advances reliable inventory data capture by shaping system architecture, improving scan accuracy and coverage, and working with hardware, field deployment, and machine-learning teams to resolve issues in production environments.

What you'll do

• Own autonomy software for perception, localization, and inventory scanning on embedded vehicle-mounted compute
• contribute to architecture as the product scales
• document systems and plan revisions
• design and implement algorithms for detecting and recording inventory locations
• improve scan accuracy and coverage
• maintain scan-triggering, mapping, and cloud data-handoff systems
• diagnose deployed-system issues with hardware and field teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff autonomy engineer

mhe vision

autonomy software

robotics

computer vision

embedded systems

c++

python

warehouse intelligence

pittsburgh pa

gather ai

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Staff-level individual-contributor role with significant technical ownership; the posting seeks 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in production autonomy, robotics, or perception systems.

About the employer

Gather AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Custom Computer Programming Services. Sector: 54.